![]() Most operating systems have some sort of special-purpose master account: one that lets you control the OS with virtually no restrictions. Here’s how to enable the “master” administrator account - and use it to streamline heavy-duty system repairs, problem-solving, and maintenance tasks in Win8, Win7, and Vista. Many Windows users don’t know this account exists, primarily because it’s usually hidden and inactive by default. Whether signed in with an administrator-level user account or evoking the Run as administrator setting, you can still run into insufficient-rights warnings.īut Windows’ built-in, separate Administrator account gives you unfettered access to virtually all parts of your system setup - once you know how to access it. ![]() Windows’ user rights can be confusing and frustrating. The original, verbatim, un-updated text follows: Activate Windows’ hidden, master admin account (I’m reprinting selected Windows Secrets columns here to help ensure readers can find and access information I’m referencing in new columns until older Windows Secrets/LangaList columns are moved to their new home at .) Today, it supplements a new column, scheduled for the MaAskWoody Plus Newsletter, focused on what to do if an error causes you to lose all admin privileges on your own PC. The column below was originally published in the, Windows Secrets newsletter.
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